Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA / 2015.07.03

FLL (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International airport. Fort Lauderdale, United States)

I wanted to catch this one long ago. Last Friday all elements (but the light) were in place to get Norwegian Air Shuttle's beautiful Dreamliner as it was wrapping up Flight DY7031 from OSL (Oslo). Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA bears the picture of Norwegian olympic champion Sonja Henie.

Swiss Airbus 330-300 HB-JHB / 2015.07.03

FLL (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International airport. Fort Lauderdale, United States)

A huge storm in the MIA (Miami) area produced some interesting diversions to FLL (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood) last Friday afternoon. It's not usual to spot a Swiss aircraft at this airport: This one was a result of that event. Airbus 330-300 HB-JHB ('Sion') about to take off for a 12-minute flight to its final destination in neighboring MIA as Flight LX064 from ZRH (Zürich), after holding on the ground here for about two hours.

Virgin America Airbus 320-200 / 2014.07.03

LAX (Los Angeles International airport. Los Angeles, United States)

Any doubt about what airline operates out of Terminal 3 at LAX (Los Angeles)? Virgin America Airbus 320-200's N630VA, N835VA, and Airbus 319-100 N524VA appear in the foreground during a busy afternoon.

Etihad Airbus 320-200 A6-EIF / 2011.04.02

AUH-HBE—Flight EY663, Abu Dhabi-Alexandria (Borg El Arab)

The landmark control tower at AUH (Abu Dhabi) arises majestically from the desert sand and is a beautiful sight from the right window of your aircraft during take off. Seen from seat 7F on board Etihad Airways (الاتحاد ) Airbus 320-200 A6-EIF.

Flynas Airbus 320-200 VP-CXC / 2014.12.04

DXB (Dubai International airport. Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Low-Cost carrier Flynas (طيران ناس) wears this distinctive color on its paint scheme, one that you won't find on any other airline around the world. Airbus 320-200 VP-CXC seen here shortly after landing from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

TAME Airbus 320-200 HC-CGW / 2015.02.11

UIO (Mariscal Sucre International airport. Quito, Ecuador)

TAME Airbus 320-200 HC-CGW promoting Ecuador with 'allyouneedisecuador.travel', 'Ministerio del Deporte. Ecuador va con Ustedes' (Ministry of Sport. Ecuador is with You), and 'Transportador Oficial de la Selección de Ecuador' (Official Carrier of the National Team) stickers, all of them as part of the country's efforts to promote its tourism industry internationally, and also because this was the aircraft that transported the national Ecuadorian team to and from Brazil in 2014 for the FIFA World Cup Championship.

Transavia Airbus 320-200 F-HBNL / 2014.09.25

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

F-HBNL was the first Airbus 320-200 to operate a commercial flight wearing Transavia's livery. It has currently gone back to the Air France paint scheme.

KLM Boeing 747-400M PH-BFT / 2014.10.07

PEK (Capital International airport. Beijing, China)

KLM Boeing 747-400M PH-BFT ('City of Tokyo') rotating for AMS (Amsterdam) as Flight KL898. A closer look shows this aircraft was in need of a new paint job. Well, just a few weeks after I took this picture, PH-BFT was the first KLM B-747 to wear the revised livery of the Dutch carrier.

PIA Boeing 777-200/ER AP-BGK / 2012.08.03

RUH (King Khalid International airport. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Pakistan International Airlines (پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز) Boeing 777-200/ER AP-BGK during its turnaround before the red-eye flight back home.

United Boeing 747-400 N117UA / 2009.09.09

SFO (San Francisco International airport. San Francisco, United States)

It's not that long since it's gone, but this livery is beginning to look like classic somehow. United Airlines Boeing 747-400 N117UA departing for another transcontinental flight.

Air India Airbus 321-200 VT-PPV / 2013.09.24

MAA (Chennai International airport. Chennai, India)

Air India (एयर इंडिया) Airbus 321-200 VT-PPV is not the only one flying in this picture, although the little birds can't be seen as clearly as the big one... just a few black patches here and there.

Air Transat Airbus 310-300 C-GTSX / 2010.07.25

YUL (Pierre Elliott Trudeau International airport. Montréal, Canada)

Always nice to find an Airbus 310-300 on my database. This Air Transat, C-GTSX, previously flew for Lufthansa, MEA and Air Madrid before joining the Canadian carrier on a lease. Sadly, it has been in storage for over two years now.

EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 SU-GBL / 2011.04.07

CAI (Cairo International airport)

Not used to see many 737's without winglets anymore, this one caught my attention as soon as I spotted it. EgyptAir (مصر للطيران) Boeing 737-500 SU-GBL waits ('blinded') for its next round. This aircraft, in service since May 1992, has been painted with three different color schemes for the Egyptian airline.

LOT Boeing 787-8 SP-LRF / 2015.06.20

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

Air Europa provides for the only nonstop link between Europe and MIA (Miami) on a Dreamliner, although it has to wet lease the aircraft from LOT Polish Airlines (Polskie Linie Lotnicze) for the time being until the Spanish carrier gets its own ones, hence the Air Europa sticker on the rear fuselage. Boeing 787-8 SP-LRF ('Franek') seen just a few minutes ago, about to wrap up Flight UX097 from MAD (Madrid) around 30 minutes behind schedule. This route operates six times a week and will add its seventh weekly flight this coming Tuesday, just in time for the busy Summer travel season. This was the second Dreamliner delivered to LOT, in April 2014.

Emirates Boeing 777-300/ER A6-EGE / 2012.12.04

LYS-DXB—Flight EK082, Lyon-Dubai

More than half way into our flight, the aircraft turns right just over the Northeast tip of Iraq, after avoiding both Syrian and Iraqi airspaces because of the conflicts going on in those two countries. The rest of the ride was over Iranian airspace. On board Emirates (الإمارات) Boeing 777-300/ER A6-EGE.

Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 CN-ROS / 2014.10.26

MAD (Adolfo Suárez-Barajas airport. Madrid, Spain)

Royal Air Maroc (الخطوط الملكية المغربية) Boeing 737-800 CN-ROS on short finals looking great under the sunset light.

Boliviana de Aviación Boeing 767-300/ER CP-2881 / 2015.05.22

MIA (Miami International airport. Miami, United States)

This one is a first for me. First time I see this airline and first time I get to photograph it. Also, Boeing 767-300/ER CP-2881 was the first widebody Boliviana de Aviación received, back in September 2014. This aircraft has previously flown for Alitalia and TAM, and it's seen here inbound from VVI (Santa Cruz de la Sierra Viru Viru airport) as Flight OB766.

Austrian Airbus 320-200 OE-LBR / 2014.09.26

BCN (El Prat airport. Barcelona, Spain)

Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean Airways) Airbus 320-200 OE-LBR ('Bregenzer Wald'), arriving on a crispy Autumn morning. We will stop seeing this livery soon, since the company recently unveiled the new one. But there will only be slight changes: basically the blue colors both in the engines and belly, will be gone.

Hop! Embraer 170STD F-HBXC / 2014.10.04

AMS (Schiphol airport. Amsterdam, Netherlands)

New colors around Europe thanks to the creation of Hop!, a French regional carrier resulting from merging Airlinair, Brit Air and Régional. Embraer 170STD F-HBXC seems to be rather ready for its 'hop' back to France.

Air Koryo Tupolev 204/100V P-633 / 2014.10.14

FNJ-PEK—Flight JS151, Pyongyang-Beijing

The view of the wing and winglet of a Tupolev 204/100V from seat 17F on board North Korean Air Koryo (고려항공) P-633 aircraft.